Biography of George Venables-Vernon 2nd Baron Vernon 1735-1813

In 1733 [his father] George Venables-Vernon 1st Baron Vernon [aged 23] and [his mother] Mary Howard [aged 23] were married.

On 9th May 1735 George Venables-Vernon 2nd Baron Vernon was born to George Venables-Vernon 1st Baron Vernon [aged 26] and Mary Howard [aged 25].

In 1740 [his mother] Mary Howard [aged 30] died.

In 1741 [his father] George Venables-Vernon 1st Baron Vernon [aged 31] and [his step-mother] Anne Lee [aged 15] were married.

On 10th April 1744 [his father] George Venables-Vernon 1st Baron Vernon [aged 35] and [his step-mother] Martha Harcourt Baroness Vernon of Kinderton [aged 28] were married at St George's Church, Hanover Square.

On 26th November 1744 Christopher Mansel 3rd Baron Mansel [aged 24] died. His brother Bussy [aged 23] succeeded 4th Baron Mansel of Margam, 8th Baronet Mansel of Margam. His daughter [his future wife] Louisa Barbara Mansel [aged 11] inherited his estates.

On 16th July 1757 George Venables-Vernon 2nd Baron Vernon [aged 22] and Louisa Barbara Mansel [aged 24] were married. No issue.

Around 1764 [his daughter] Louisa Barbara Venables-Vernon was born to George Venables-Vernon 2nd Baron Vernon [aged 28] and [his wife] Louisa Barbara Mansel [aged 30]

On 26th September 1765 [his brother-in-law] George Harcourt 2nd Earl Harcourt [aged 29] and [his half-sister] Elizabeth Venables-Vernon Countess Harcourt [aged 19] were married. He the son of Simon Harcourt 1st Earl Harcourt [aged 51] and Rebecca Samborne Le Bass. They were first cousins.

In 1767 Thomas Gainsborough [aged 39]. Portrait of George Venables-Vernon 2nd Baron Vernon [aged 31]. Known as The Hunting Lord.Southampton Art Gallery.

On 16th September 1777 Simon Harcourt 1st Earl Harcourt [aged 63] drowned in a well at Nuneham House, Oxfordshire whilst trying to rescue his dog. His son [his brother-in-law] George [aged 41] succeeded 2nd Earl Harcourt of Stanton Harcourt, 3rd Viscount Harcourt of Stanton Harcourt in Oxfordshire. [his half-sister] Elizabeth Venables-Vernon Countess Harcourt [aged 31] by marriage Countess Harcourt of Stanton Harcourt.

On 14th February 1779 [his half-brother] Henry Venables-Vernon 3rd Baron Vernon [aged 31] and [his sister-in-law] Elizabeth Rebecca Anne Sedley [aged 22] were married.

On 21st August 1780 [his father] George Venables-Vernon 1st Baron Vernon [aged 71] died. His son George [aged 45] succeeded 2nd Baron Vernon of Kinderton in Cheshire.

On 5th February 1784 [his half-brother] Archbishop Edward Venables-Vernon-Harcourt [aged 26] and [his sister-in-law] Anne Leveson-Gower [aged 23] were married. She the daughter of Granville Leveson-Gower 1st Marquess Stafford [aged 62] and Louisa Egerton Countess Gower.

In December 1785 [his daughter] Louisa Barbara Venables-Vernon [aged 21] died in the South of France.

On 16th February 1786 [his wife] Louisa Barbara Mansel [aged 53] died. Her estates passed to her aunt Mary Mansel.

On 25th May 1786 George Venables-Vernon 2nd Baron Vernon [aged 51] and Jane Georgiana Fauquier Baroness Vernon [aged 38] were married. She by marriage Baroness Vernon of Kinderton in Cheshire.

After 25th May 1786 [his daughter] Georgiana Venables-Vernon Baroness Suffield was born to George Venables-Vernon 2nd Baron Vernon [aged 51] and [his wife] Jane Georgiana Fauquier Baroness Vernon [aged 38]. She married 1809 Edward Harbord 3rd Baron Suffield, son of Harbord Morden aka Harbord 1st Baron Suffield and Mary Assheton Baroness Suffield, and had issue.

On 29th November 1795 [his half-brother] Henry Venables-Vernon 3rd Baron Vernon [aged 48] and [his sister-in-law] Alice Lucy Whitefoord Baroness Vernon [aged 28] were married at Wollaton, Nottinghamshire. The difference in their ages was 20 years.

On 26th November 1807 [his half-brother] Archbishop Edward Venables-Vernon-Harcourt [aged 50] was elected Archbishop of York.

In 1809 [his son-in-law] Edward Harbord 3rd Baron Suffield [aged 27] and [his daughter] Georgiana Venables-Vernon Baroness Suffield [aged 22] were married.

On 18th June 1813 George Venables-Vernon 2nd Baron Vernon [aged 78] died. His half brother [his half-brother] Henry [aged 66] succeeded 3rd Baron Vernon of Kinderton in Cheshire. [his sister-in-law] Alice Lucy Whitefoord Baroness Vernon [aged 45] by marriage Baroness Vernon of Kinderton in Cheshire.

After 18th June 1813 Memorial to George Venables-Vernon 2nd Baron Vernon [deceased] and his second wife Jane Georgiana Fauquier Baroness Vernon [aged 65] at All Saints Church, Sudbury [Map].

Jane Georgiana Fauquier Baroness Vernon: Around 1748 she was born to William Fauquier. On 25th May 1786 George Venables-Vernon 2nd Baron Vernon and she were married. She by marriage Baroness Vernon of Kinderton in Cheshire. On 31st May 1823 she died.

On 31st May 1823 [his former wife] Jane Georgiana Fauquier Baroness Vernon [aged 75] died.